Pocket construction



Feb. 11, 1930. H. K UFMAN POCKET CONSTRUCTION Filed 001;. 23. 19 26 Fig.3.

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Patented Feb. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES HYMAN KAUFMAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO POCKET CONSTRUCTION Application filed October 23, 1926.

This invention relates to pocket construction of garments, referring more particularly to improvements in angularly out side pockets of mens pants and to the method of making the same. I

Angularly out side pockets have been previ* ously used and difler from the straight or vertical type in that the material forming the angular edges was either folded in or cut away clear to the top edge of the waistband of the pants, such construction necessitating the provision of a supplemental piece of material to form the waistband above the pocket opening. Ordinarily this was accomplished by sewing to the top edge of the garment an encircling narrow strip, which required extra material as well as considerable difficulty in the matching of any but perfectly plain materials.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel method of making angularly shaped pockets in mens pants in which the material of the leg portions forming such pockets is not cutaway at the waistband. A further object of the invention is to form the upper edge of such pocket opening just below the line of stitching of the ordinary waistband and to fold inwardly the angular piece of material so that the same serves as the inner facing for the pocket.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims; the annexed drawing and the following description setting forth in detail one method and one product exemplifying my invention, such disclosed procedure and product constituting, however, but one of various applications of the principle of my invention.

In said annexed drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the upper portion of a pair of mens pants;

Fig. 2 is a view of the upper side edge of the material forming the front leg portion of such pants before the pocket has been formed; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the formation of the pocket.

The mens pants illustrated in Fig. 1 of the Serial No. 143,628.

drawing areof ordinary construct-ion, except for the side pockets, and consist of a front piece 10 and back piece 11 of material for each leg. The outer side edges of the legs are stitched together in the usual manner as at 12 and the upper edges are formed into a waistband portion 25 by rows of stitching 13.. Suitable belt loops 14 are secured to the waistband portion. In the front leg portion 10 of the material is formed the angular p0cket opening of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that a cut 15 is made into the outer side edge of the material ust below the line of stitching of the waistband indicated in dotted lines at 16. The depth of this cut of course is dependent upon the degree of angularity desired insuch pocket. Next, as indicated in Fig. 3, the ma terial directly below the cut 15 is folded inwardly as at 17, and here also the depth or starting point of the lower edge of such fold is dependent upon the desired angularityas well as the depth of the pocket opening.

The method of assembling the various pieces of material to form the pants is no different in the formation of the present pants than ordinarily employed. A facing piece 18 of the pants material is sewn at the interior of the front leg portion opposite the pocket opening 19. The pocket itself is indicated at 20 in Fig. 1 havingits upper edges secured by the stitching 13. The angular edge 21 of the present pocket is provided with rows of stitching 22 to strengthen the same and to secure the pocket 20 to that portion of the garment. This latter stitching also secures the inwardly folded portion 17 to the interior of the pocket. 7

It will be apparent from the above that I have provided a new and improved pocket construction for mens pants which permits the production of an angular side pocket without requiring the use of the ordinary extra strip of waistband material, thus reducing the costof the pants and eliminating the operation of assembling such strip in place.

Other forms may be employed embodying the features of my invention instead of the one here explained, change being made in the form or construction, provided the elements stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated elements be employed, whether produced by my preferred method or by others embodying steps equivalent to those stated in the following claims.

I therefore particularly point out and dis tinctly claim as my invention 1. In a garment of the class described, the combination of a leg portion consisting of two pieces of material sewn together at their vertical side edges, a waistband portion integrally formed at the upper edges of said pieces, and an angularly open pocket formed in the outer edge of the piece of material constituting the front leg portion, the material of said front portion being out inwardly upon a line parallel to but below the waistband portion, and folded inwardly between the depth of said out and a point determining the lower extremity of the pocket opening.

2. In a method of making pockets in mens pants, the steps which consist in forming the front and back half portions of the leg with integral waistband portions, cutting inwardly in the outer side edge of the front portion,

said out being spaced below the waistband of said portion, folding the material of such outer side edge inwardly from the depth of said out to a point determining the lower extremity of the pocket opening, stitching together the front and back portions and stitching along the angular edge of said pocket opening to secure the folded portion to the interior of the front side.

Signed by me, this 21st day of October,

HYMAN KAUFMAN. 

